Does anyone have or know of a complete discography for Alfred Apaka?
I have nine of his albums that I have placed on I-Tunes and would like to order them by when they were released. He had Decca, Capital, ABC and MCA releases. It is odd that the Internet biographies I can find are less complete than the various album notes which woefully recount his career. The day he died prematurely in 1960 at the age of 40 was labeled "the day Hawaii cried".
Mahalo.
KG
_________________Where do you get those Hawaiian thing-a-ma-jigs? You know, those hula do-dads.

Thanks, but everything they list was released in the mid-60s or later - after his death - and none of it is on Decca or Capitol Records. He was clearly a sensation in the late 50's when Webley Edwards' Hawaii Calls was releasing their first half dozen or so Capital lps, and Apaka was serving as music director overseeing entertainment at Henry K's Hawaiian Village, including Martin Denny's combo. Most of the Decca and Capital stuff (that doesn't refer to his passing) should be dated from that time period.
KG

Often mentioned as the Bing Crosby of Hawaii & the voice of Pre-Statehood Hawaii. His sudden death in 1960 ended a promising career. AA was introduced on American television by Bob Hope and already treated like an adopted son by Henry J. Kaiser with his Hawaiian Village!